News Items tag as: BC Ministry of Health

What the province is doing to attract more health care workers
January 19, 2018 - 6:30 PM

From nurse practitioners to physiotherapists, health care professionals are in high demand across the province.

The provincial government has dedicated several resources toward attracting more health care workers to underserved communities, including forgiving student loans.

The Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training says in an email statement that the StudentAid loan forgiveness program started up in 2002 and hundreds of students have taken advantage of it
More than 6,000 Kamloops residents remain on primary care waitlist
September 13, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS - With thousands of Kamloops residents still waiting for a family doctor, it looks like some progress is being made.
New program will see Kelowna doctors hire nurses to help share workload in family practices
April 07, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - People without a family doctor in Kelowna could be linked up with a primary care provider as part of a new provincial recruitment strategy.
Minister of Health wants to keep North Shore walk-in clinic open, but may be too late
March 07, 2017 - 9:00 PM

KAMLOOPS - B.C.'s health minister wants to keep the North Kamloops only walk-in clinic open, but he may be too late.
North Kamloops's only walk-in clinic is closing as primary care clinics open
March 06, 2017 - 4:48 PM

KAMLOOPS - The lone walk-in clinic on the North Shore is planning to shut down operations in the coming weeks.
Fentanyl overdose drugs are free but others needing life-saving medicine are on their own
February 28, 2017 - 6:30 PM

KELOWNA - B.C. made a health care decision to provide naloxone kits for free in response to the fentanyl and overdose emergency gripping the province, but it has also alienated other people, such as allergy sufferers and some diabetics who need medications to survive and have to pay their own way.
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News Items tag as: BC Ministry of Health

What the province is doing to attract more health care workers

More than 6,000 Kamloops residents remain on primary care waitlist

New program will see Kelowna doctors hire nurses to help share workload in family practices

Minister of Health wants to keep North Shore walk-in clinic open, but may be too late

North Kamloops's only walk-in clinic is closing as primary care clinics open

Fentanyl overdose drugs are free but others needing life-saving medicine are on their own

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